How to Completely Delete an App?

[Dibakar]

Hi,

I was wondering how I can completely delete an application from my system?

For example, I was messing around with GIMP and messed up all the settings. So I decided to uninstall/reinstall it. But it turns out that GIMP remembers all the previous settings!

So how do I completely remove GIMP and all related files from my system?

Thanks

[dr460nf1r3]

Somewhere in there should usually be some leftovers of the uninstalled application:

• ~/.pkgname
• ~/.pkgname/*
• ~/.config/pkgname
• ~/.config/pkgname/*
• ~/.local/share/pkgname

Sometimes the folder name is different, eg. plain Firefox uses the ~/.mozilla/firefox directory to store configurations.

[arco]

I agree with @dr460nf1r3 . Sometimes, you just have to painstakingly find all the files and delete them.

[nalisan007]

sudo pacman app -Rns

Myself too

@arco

I agree with @dr460nf1r3

[SGS]

Just

find . -iname '*gimp*'
./.config/GIMP
./.config/GIMP/2.10/gimpressionist
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-rect-select-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-ellipse-select-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-free-select-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-fuzzy-select-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-by-color-select-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-iscissors-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-foreground-select-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-vector-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-color-picker-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-zoom-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-measure-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-move-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-align-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-crop-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-unified-transform-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-rotate-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-scale-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-shear-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-handle-transform-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-perspective-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-transform-3d-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-flip-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-cage-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-warp-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-text-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-bucket-fill-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-gradient-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-pencil-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-paintbrush-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-eraser-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-airbrush-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-ink-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-mypaint-brush-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-clone-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-heal-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-perspective-clone-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-convolve-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-smudge-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-dodge-burn-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-brightness-contrast-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-threshold-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-levels-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-curves-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-offset-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-gegl-tool
./.config/GIMP/2.10/tool-options/gimp-operation-tool

Cant test with firefox

find . -iname '*firedragon*'
.firedragon
...